82nd Academay Awards Nominations

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight)
• George Clooney in "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
• Colin Firth in "A Single Man" (The Weinstein Company)
• Morgan Freeman in "Invictus" (Warner Bros.)
• Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Matt Damon in "Invictus" (Warner Bros.)
• Woody Harrelson in "The Messenger" (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
• Christopher Plummer in "The Last Station" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Stanley Tucci in "The Lovely Bones" (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount)
• Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.)
• Helen Mirren in "The Last Station" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Carey Mulligan in "An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
• Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia" (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Penélope Cruz in "Nine" (The Weinstein Company)
• Vera Farmiga in "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
• Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight)
• Anna Kendrick in "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
• Mo'Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)

Best animated feature film of the year

• "Coraline" (Focus Features)

  Henry Selick

"Fantastic Mr. Fox" (20th Century Fox)

Wes Anderson

"The Princess and the Frog" (Walt Disney)

John Musker and Ron Clements

• "The Secret of Kells" (GKIDS)

  Tomm Moore

• "Up" (Walt Disney)

  Pete Docter

  Achievement in cinematography

  • "Avatar" (20th Century Fox)

    Mauro Fiore

  • "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (Warner Bros.)

    Bruno Delbonnel

  • "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)

    Barry Ackroyd

  • "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)

    Robert Richardson

  • "The White Ribbon" (Sony Pictures Classics)

    
    

  • Achievement in directing

    • "Avatar" (20th Century Fox)

      James Cameron

    • "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)

      Kathryn Bigelow

    • "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)

      Quentin Tarantino

    • "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)

      Lee Daniels

    • "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)

      Jason Reitman

      
      

    • Best motion picture of the year

      • "Avatar" (20th Century Fox) A Lightstorm Entertainment Production

      • "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.) An Alcon Entertainment Production

      • "District 9" (Sony Pictures Releasing) A Block/Hanson Production

      • "An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics) A Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production

      • "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) A Voltage Pictures Production

      • "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) A Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production

      • "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate) A Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Production

      • "A Serious Man" (Focus Features) A Working Title Films Production

      • "Up" (Walt Disney) A Pixar Production

      • "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) A Montecito Picture Company Production

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